Drugs Kill -- They Cause Harm, Disease and Death

The original title of this post was going to be: "The Top 10 Prescription Drugs". But, as I started to research the top drugs, I realized that the title needed to be stronger and more to the point so that you will take this topic a lot more seriously.

Today, the number of people dying from prescription drugs and other medical errors rank it as the Number 3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. The total number of deaths range from 98,000 to 106,000!

If you take a look at the drugs associated with 3 of the top diseases in America, you can see that the track record for these drugs is abysmal.

Drugs for heart disease end up causing the exact same problems that the drugs were supposed to prevent, namely heart attacks and strokes.

Drugs for diabetes lower your blood sugar, but, the drugs don't stop the disease from continuing to rot out your body until one day, you have a heart attack, stroke or you end up with a bruise that doesn't heal and several months later they have to amputate your foot.

Drugs for cancer patients may be the worse -- they cause more catastrophic damage than any other drug; plus cancer drugs have less than a 3% success rate!

Now, I know what you're thinking: "This is not going to happen to me." Well, the medical data & statistics from the CDC and NIH say otherwise. There's a simple reason why heart attacks, strokes, amputation, etc. continue to increase every year -- we live in denial, fear and/or ignorance and somehow believe that it's just not going to happen.

If you doubt of any this, then, do your own research; or, at least, make sure that you read some of the reports identified in this post and take action before you or a loved one become one of those statistics.
  
Doctors and Drugs
Most of us are told by our doctors to take drugs, because the drugs are supposed to help us with our disease. Doctors give us the false sense of security that the drugs are actually going to help us.

Your doctor fails to tell you that the drugs do NOTHING to stop the spread of the cell and tissue damage being caused by the disease! In fact, over a period of years, the drugs actually cause damage to the liver and/or kidneys among other organs!

And, if you have an adverse reaction to the drug, your doctor may not tell you why this is happening -- that the drug is actually POISONING your body. Instead, your doctor will just put you on a different drug or tell you: "Hang in there -- you'll be okay." WHAT??? Is this all we get for a $250 appointment?

So, you should be very careful, not to jump at taking a drug just because your doctor has assured you that it's okay! Just take 30 seconds and google the drug! And, you'll see that it's NOT okay! And, if you look further, you'll see that, in most cases, there are safe non-drug alternatives!

Now, I must admit that I'm being a little hypocritical here -- I didn't take the 30 seconds to google the drug that I was taking. Instead, I took the drugs happily. And, if it weren't for my fear of needles, I would have gladly continued taking the drugs and injecting myself 4 times a day with insulin.

But, because I was afraid of needles, I tried to convince my endocrinologist to reduce my 4 shots down to 3. He smiled and said, given my diagnosis and possible double-leg amputation, that he was considering increasing my insulin shots from 4 to 5! Well, that motivated me to find a solution.

And, luckily for me, my mother and daughter intervened; and, my mother made me eat what she called "God's special foods".  When I was growing up, I thought that meant "poor people's food". :-) I didn't realize that we were eating super foods! :-o

But, I digress: Getting back to these toxic drugs ...

All drugs are toxic. Let me repeat that: All drugs are toxic! Just because you feel better doesn't mean your liver is happy about this! :-)

Now, don't get me wrong -- I know that drugs save lives -- in fact, drugs saved my life. So I'm thankful for the drugs. But, being told that I would have to take the drugs for the rest of my life just didn't make any sense to me. And, it shouldn't make any sense to you. Some of you have been taking diabetic drugs for years -- do you really think that your body will continue to absorb these toxins without incidence?

Long-term use of drugs for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. lead to many health problems, including heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure and death. One of the most popular drugs (statins) is popular because we think that it's going to prevent a heart attack. Ever since statins were introduced in 1987, heart disease and heart attacks have steadily increased over the past 28 years. In fact, statins can CAUSE a heart attack, along with causing Type 2 diabetes and cancer!

Sidebar: Most people believe that high cholesterol causes heart disease and heart attacks so they think that by taking a statin drug that lowers their cholesterol, it will prevent heart disease and a heart attack. Nothing could be further from the truth. High cholesterol is a byproduct as heart disease develops in your body -- it's not the root cause of heart disease. For whatever reason, most people (except maybe engineers :-)) just don't seem to get this -- as more than 70 million people in the U.S. take statins.

Metformin is the top drug prescribed to Type 2 diabetics, yet it does absolutely NOTHING to stop the progression of the disease. Sure, it lowers your blood sugar, but the disease continues to rot out the insides of your body!

Keep this in mind: 100% of Type 2 diabetics that take metformin or some similar pill end up on insulin if they live long enough. That's right -- not 90%, not 95% -- ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!

Statins, ACE inhibitors, diuretics and beta blockers are the top drugs prescribed to people with heart disease, but these drugs do absolutely nothing to stop the progression of the disease, which eventually leads to heart failure, a heart attack or a stroke.

And, no drugs are more toxic than cancer drugs. Chemotherapy and radiation cause more damage and kill more people than the actual cancer! These drugs cause major damage to your immune system and other organs. Chemotherapy is so toxic that the doctors and nurses wear gloves!! What!?!

Chemotherapy has proven to only work for a few cancers, but, it's prescribed for ALL cancers, despite the devastation it causes and it's poor track record. Lies and fear tactics are used to pressure patients into taking the poison; and, so most people take the poison because they are not made aware that there are other safer alternatives! (We will discuss this in more detail in a future post if we can get past the legal issues).

Now, don't get me wrong -- drugs are not all bad and doctors are not bad people. So, why don't doctors tell people about safer non-drug options? Because, if they did, they would be reprimanded by the American Medical Association (AMA) and possibly lose their medical license.

So, it's not their responsibility to tell us about non-drug alternatives for our diseases -- it's our responsibility.

Next to talking about nutrition, the most frequent topic that we write and talk about is the dangers of prescription drugs. Why? Because most of us are willing to take the easy way out and just pop up a pill instead of change our diet!

But, no matter how many times we write and talk about the dangers of drugs, the fact of the matter is that 82% of Americans take a prescription drug, including chemotherapy and radiation. And, 29% take 5 or more pills with the average person taking anywhere from 2 to 8 pills a day. I've met people who take as many as 18 pills a day! And, they ask me: "Why am I still sick?"  Really?

One more thing: Do you know what is the Number 1 cause of bankruptcy in this country? It's medical debt. And, medical debt is also the Number 1 reason why families lose their homes.

And, one last thing (I promise :-)): When we rely on drugs, we are sending a message to our children that drugs are okay; and, guess what? They end up following in our foot steps!

So, here we are: Dying from disease and drugs; and, going broke at the same time; and sending our children down the same path. And, yet we do nothing. We say nothing. We keep our mouths shut and think: "It's not going to happen to me."

Well, even if that's true, is that a good reason to stay quiet while millions of others suffer?

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing." Edmund Burke.

The Top-Selling Prescription Drugs

The top-selling drugs are statins, primarily because our doctors and Big Pharma has done an excellent marketng job in convincing us that we need to take statins for our high cholesterol.

The next top-selling drugs are diabetic drugs. That shouldn't surprise anyone, since diabetics more so than any other group, choose to pop up a pill because it's easier than changing one's diet.

None of the cancer drugs made the top 10 list (below) despite the fact that chemotherapy, radiation, etc. generate $41 billion of revenue. 

The 7 Most Dangerous and Heavily Promoted Prescription Drugs

Prescription drugs are the 4th leading cause of death around the world. The pharmaceutical industry is committing a silent holocaust around the globe. 

People are sick because they aren’t getting proper nutrition. Then they are covering up their sickness with a doctor-prescribed pill. But this is causing some serious side effects, leading their doctors to prescribe more pills to conceal those side effects.

The following is a list of the 7 most dangerous and heavily promoted prescription drugs.
1. Prednisone or Cortisone
2. Methotrexate ­& Other Chemotherapeutic Agents
3. Coumadin or Warfarin
4. Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
5. Prozac (anti-depressants)
6. Ritalin, Cylert, Dexadrine, Adderal
7. Beta Blockers and Calcium Channel Blockers

The bottom line is that taking a long term medication which alters any of your natural body functions is obviously dangerous. This includes all the drugs used for heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes -- 4 of the top 10 killer diseases. 

While prescription pills are beneficial in some cases, we believe that superior nutrition is the most powerful type of medicine. Our body is truly a remarkable machine naturally built for optimal function, but this is only when we provide our body with all of the essential nutrients that it needs.

When we are not supplying our bodies with proper nutrition, disease eventually manifests in our bodies. This is usually when most people will resort to prescription drugs. These drugs only cover up the problem, but are never actually dealing with the root cause.

What To Do
So, what are we to do? Education, people, education ... I can't stress this enough ... Most of you have children, so I'm sure that you told them the importance of education. Well, just because you're out of school, doesn't mean that we stop educating yourselves! One of the primary reasons for going to school was to learn that education is forever. It's not just for kids. :-)

Besides changing what we eat (to stop poisoning our bodies), the easiest thing that you can do right now is what we've asked you to do in the past. Forward this information and begin talking about this on your own Facebook pages and timelines. We can't do this alone. But, together we can affect change. Who knows, you might reach a person who doesn't know about the dangers of prescription drugs.

Of course, Big Pharma is banking on you doing absolutely nothing. And, as long as we do nothing, we will all suffer -- one way or the other we will pay for our apathy.

Food for Thought: Diseases like diabetes and cancer are rotting out your insides. So, do you truly believe that a drug is going to stop the rot? A body that is full of disease is lacking NUTRIENTS, not DRUGS. And, as long as we rely on drugs, the doctors and Big Pharma will continue to give us the drugs while lining their pocketbooks with billions of dollars.

Question: So, what are you going to do this time? Ignore this (again) and do nothing or stand up for yourself, your family and your friends?

Website References

Prescription Drugs Now Kill More People than Illegal Drugs
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/26/prescription-drugs-number-one-cause-preventable-death-in-us.aspx

Study shows 70 percent of Americans take prescription drugs - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-shows-70-percent-of-americans-take-prescription-drugs/

Addiction Inbox: U.S. Leads World in Prescription Drug Use
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Doctors Are The Third Leading Cause of Death in the US
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/07/30/doctors-death-part-one.aspx
https://chriskresser.com/medical-care-is-the-3rd-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-us/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129532-000-counting-the-hidden-victims-of-medicine/
http://draxe.com/conventional-medicine-is-the-leading-cause-of-death/ 
http://www.naturalnews.com/034569_iatrogenesis_accidental_death_medicine.html
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Why Are Medical Mistakes Our Third Leading Cause of Death?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allen-frances/why-are-medical-mistakes-_b_5888408.html

Hospital Errors are the Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.
http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/newsroom/display/hospitalerrors-thirdleading-causeofdeathinus-improvementstooslow

Medication Safety Basics & Statistics from the CDC
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The Most Dangerous & Heavily Promoted Prescription Drugs & Their Potential Natural Alternatives
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Prescription Drugs Now Kill More People than Illegal Drugs
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Prescription Drug Side Effects
http://www.drugwatch.com/side-effects/

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http://www.medicaldaily.com/5-common-prescription-drugs-may-cause-memory-loss-examples-and-alternatives-251443

The 10 most prescribed drugs in America

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2014/05/16/the-10-most-prescribed-drugs-in-america

The drugs that kill Americans: A third of the 80,000 deaths a year are unintentional from medicines
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Pills That Kill: Legal Drugs Snuff Out Americans

http://www.hightimes.com/read/pills-kill-legal-drugs-snuff-out-americans
 
Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/preventinfections/

Chemotherapy Success Rates
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Don't Be Scared Into Chemotherapy
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The Truth About Chemo
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Chemotherapy Only Works for a Few Cancers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7722626.stm

According to Gordon Zubrod, M.D., (a researcher for the US National Cancer Institute), chemotherapy is considered to be highly effective ONLY with the following cancers, primarily associated with certain lymphomas, leukemias, sarcomas and testicular:
+ Burkitt’s lymphoma
+ Choriocarcinoma
+ Acute lymphocytic leukemia
+ Hodgkin’s disease
+ Lymphosarcoma
+ Embryonal testicular cancer
+ Wilms’ Tumor
+ Ewing’s sarcoma
+ Rhabdomyosarcoma
+ Retinoblastoma

Unfortunately, these cancers affect very few people. If your cancer is not on the list, and yet, you are being administered chemotherapy, you’re being killed for profit.

If you have great faith in them, the chemo‘s plain purpose is to kill the cancer cells, without them ever mentioning that it also kills healthy cells.

Another big fallacy on why you’re being administered chemo is to clean up and prevent the spread of any remaining cancer cells (metastasis), if any left, after surgery. It’s as if the chemo will kill all those cancer cells.

If you’re not on Dr. Zubrod’s cancer list above, why are you being administered chemo that will just ravage your body and make you very poor before you die?

Chemo and radiation also kill healthy cells and the highest survival rate for chemo is 22% only (2009 Survival Rates, US National Cancer Institute). In fact, studies now show that chemo damages and kills more healthy cells than cancer cells!
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